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Photograph from Brian Ulrich's Copia series

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Born in Northport, New York, Ulrich is now based in Chicago, Illinois. In 2001 in response to a national call for citizens to bolster the American economy through shopping, Ulrich began a project to document consumer culture. This project, Copia, is a series of large scale photographs of shoppers, retail spaces, and displays of goods. Initially focused on big-box retail establishments, the series expanded to include thrift stores and backrooms of retail businesses. Northport is a village located in Suffolk County, New York, USA. As of the 2000 census, the village had a total population of 7,606. ... Flag Seal Nickname: The Windy City Motto: Urbs In Horto (Latin: City in a Garden), I Will Location Location in Chicagoland and northern Illinois Coordinates , Government Country State Counties United States Illinois Cook, DuPage Mayor Richard M. Daley (D) Geographical characteristics Area     City 606. ... This article is about the year 2001. ...

Selected Exhibitions

Solo:
Julie Saul Gallery, New York, NY 2007
Copia, Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, CA 2006-2007
Thrift, Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago, 2006
Copia, Robert Koch Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2006
Copia, ArtUnit, Haarlem, The Netherlands 2006
12 x 12: New Artists/New Work: Shoppers, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL 2005
Copia, Peter Miller Gallery, Chicago, IL 2004

Group:
MP3, Kelli Connell, Justin Newhall, and Brian Ulrich, Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, IL 2006
Point of Purchase, Dumbo Arts Center, Brooklyn, NY 2006
tinyvices, Spencer Brownstone Gallery, New York, NY 2006
The Armory Show, Rhona Hoffman Gallery, New York, NY 2006
Aus Amerika: Galerie Lichtblick, Cologne, Germany 2005
Photocentric, Minnesota Center for Photography, Minneapolis, MN 2005
On the Scene, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL 2005
Domestic Disturbance, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL 2005
The New Chicagoans (Select Media Festival), Chicago, IL 2005
Photography 2005: Double Exposure, The Renaissance Society, Chicago, IL 2005
Contemporary American Photography/Internationalen Fototage Mannheim, Cologne 2005
Other America, Exit Art, New York, NY 2005
Manufactured Self, Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, IL 2005
Frozen in Light, Zolla Lieberman Gallery, Chicago, IL 2004
Unframed First Look, Sean Kelly Gallery, New York, NY 2004
Biennial, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL 2004
Fellowship 2004, Silver Eye Center for Photography, Pittsburgh, PA 2004
FACT/FICTION, Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, CT 2004
Center for Photographic Arts, Carmel, CA 2003
ArtChicago, "Chicago Area Billboard Project," Chicago, IL 2003
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Publications

MP3, “Copia”, Aperture/Museum of Contemporary Photography, Fall 2006
Seeing & Writing 2, textbook, Donald McQuade, Christine McQuade, 2006
Photography Quarterly, “Photography Now”, 2006
Design Anarchy, Adbusters Media Foundation, 2006
Chicago Tribune Magazine, Feb 5, 2006
Leica World, 2/2005, September 2005
Mouvement Magazine (France), No. 35, July–Aug 2005
Fotopozytyw Magazine (Poland), July 2005
Adbusters Magazine, #66 July/Aug 2006, #60 Jul/Aug 2005, “The Game of Life;” #58 Mar/Apr 2005, “'What Happened Before the Big Bang?;” #56 Nov/Dec 2004, “We’re Back;” #55 Sept/Oct 2004, “No Future;” #54 July/Aug 2004, “I, Terrorist;” #52 Mar/Apr 2004, “Right/Left, US/UN, God/Allah”
Universal Experience: Art, Life, and the Tourist’s Eye, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, 2005
Exklusiv Magazine (Poland), No. 23, Nov 2004
New York Times Magazine, Sept 2004
Sites, 6x6 Series, Columbia College, No. 3, Apr 2004
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Collections

• Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, CA
• Museum of Fine Arts Houston, TX
• Margulies Collection, Miami, FL
• Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
• LaSalle Bank Photography Collection, Chicago, IL
• Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, IL

Sources

• Marshall, Peter. Brian Ulrich (about.com)
• Brian Ulrich at the Museum of Contemporary Photography (Chicago)
• Not if but when (Ulrich's site)